All we know about Stella's one-off turn in the hit TV show is that it involves Edina and Patsy taking a trip to the Stella store, and somewhere in the mix, Olympic gold-medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes features, too.

Former Spice Girl, Emma Bunton, also makes an appearance in the new series as a friend of Edina's daughter Saffy, and was on hand last night to serve as the object of fun-poking for the grande dame of PR. But she took the jibes on the chin: "It was wonderful to be part of," she said. "All my friends are so jealous."

To Stella's father: Sir Paul McCartney:
"Oh Paul, hello darling, I haven't seen you since a cupboard in Hamburg, have I? Don't you remember that? Well, it has hair - it could have been Yoko?!"

On her Ab Fab co-star Joanna Lumley:
"My friend Patsy was gonna to be here tonight, but she couldn't come she's having a little 'tightening procedure'. Yeah oh, yeah, down below tightening. It happens to us all those swinging saloon doors."

On not getting on with Elton John at the moment:
"I tried to hug Elton John while he was breastfeeding - not a pretty sight."

On the gold Stella McCartney coat she was wearing:
"Stella has resisted me wearing any of her clothes for many years now. There's fatter people than me out there wearing Stella: Nancy Dell'Olio!"

On trying to get Emma Bunton to sing:
"Look, we're holding up traffic, this could be the first time you've ever held up traffic."

On Christmas:
"I don't understand Christmas, it's like a party that no-one's hosting. Oh, where we gonna eat? You gotta make it yourself! Who's gonna get me a present? No, you gotta give presents."

Stay tuned for the return of
Absolutely Fabulous
, hitting screens this Christmas.